diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 0c2cb084..f615bb84 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.7
+// swift-tools-version:5.9
 import PackageDescription
 
 let package = Package(
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ let package = Package(
         .library(name: "WebSocketKit", targets: ["WebSocketKit"]),
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git", from: "2.53.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-extras.git", from: "1.16.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl.git", from: "2.24.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-transport-services.git", from: "1.16.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-atomics.git", from: "1.1.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git", from: "2.76.1"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-extras.git", from: "1.24.1"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl.git", from: "2.29.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-transport-services.git", from: "1.23.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-atomics.git", from: "1.2.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(name: "WebSocketKit", dependencies: [
diff --git a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/AsyncWebSocketKitTests.swift b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/AsyncWebSocketKitTests.swift
index e662b2c6..902eb0b4 100644
--- a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/AsyncWebSocketKitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/AsyncWebSocketKitTests.swift
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ final class AsyncWebSocketKitTests: XCTestCase {
         try await server.close(mode: .all)
     }
     
-    func testBadURLInWebsocketConnect() async throws {
+    func testBadURLSchemeInWebsocketConnect() async throws {
+        
         do {
-            try await WebSocket.connect(to: "%w", on: self.elg, onUpgrade: { _ async in })
+            try await WebSocket.connect(to: "w`:", on: self.elg, onUpgrade: { _ async in })
             XCTAssertThrowsError({}())
         } catch {
             XCTAssertThrowsError(try { throw error }()) {
diff --git a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/SSLTestHelpers.swift b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/SSLTestHelpers.swift
index a6776aab..812ddca3 100644
--- a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/SSLTestHelpers.swift
+++ b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/SSLTestHelpers.swift
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ func generateRSAPrivateKey() -> OpaquePointer {
 
     CNIOBoringSSL_BN_set_u64(exponent, 0x10001)
 
-    let rsa = CNIOBoringSSL_RSA_new()!
+    let rsa = CNIOBoringSSL_RSA_new()
     let generateRC = CNIOBoringSSL_RSA_generate_key_ex(rsa, CInt(2048), exponent, nil)
     precondition(generateRC == 1)
 
     let pkey = CNIOBoringSSL_EVP_PKEY_new()!
-    let assignRC = CNIOBoringSSL_EVP_PKEY_assign(pkey, EVP_PKEY_RSA, rsa)
+    let p = UnsafeMutableRawPointer(rsa)
+    let assignRC = CNIOBoringSSL_EVP_PKEY_assign(pkey, EVP_PKEY_RSA, p)
     
     precondition(assignRC == 1)
     return pkey
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func generateSelfSignedCert(keygenFunction: () -> OpaquePointer = generateRSAPri
                                                      NID_commonName,
                                                      MBSTRING_UTF8,
                                                      UnsafeMutablePointer(mutating: pointer),
-                                                     CInt(commonName.lengthOfBytes(using: .utf8)),
+                                                     ossl_ssize_t(CInt(commonName.lengthOfBytes(using: .utf8))),
                                                      -1,
                                                      0)
         }
diff --git a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/WebSocketKitTests.swift b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/WebSocketKitTests.swift
index 9fa402ba..caaaee49 100644
--- a/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/WebSocketKitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/WebSocketKitTests/WebSocketKitTests.swift
@@ -478,8 +478,9 @@ final class WebSocketKitTests: XCTestCase {
         try server.close(mode: .all).wait()
     }
     
-    func testBadURLInWebsocketConnect() async throws {
-        XCTAssertThrowsError(try WebSocket.connect(to: "%w", on: self.elg, onUpgrade: { _ in }).wait()) {
+    func testBadURLSchemeInWebsocketConnect() throws {
+         
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try WebSocket.connect(to: "w`:", on: self.elg, onUpgrade: { _ in }).wait()) {
             guard case .invalidURL = $0 as? WebSocketClient.Error else {
                 return XCTFail("Expected .invalidURL but got \(String(reflecting: $0))")
             }